Place: | Edinburgh |
Caption: | Population pyramid of Edinburgh |
Size Of Population: |
The demography of Edinburgh, the capital city and second largest city of Scotland, is analysed by the National Records of Scotland.[1] The population of the council area of Edinburgh was in .
Ethnic Group | 1991[2] [3] | 2001[4] [5] | 2011 | 2022[6] | |||||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
White Total | 409,044 | 97.64% | 430,369 | 95.9% | 437,167 | 91.7% | 436,742 | 84.9% | |
White: Scottish | – | – | 354,053 | 78.9% | 334,987 | 70.2% | 298,533 | 58.0% | |
White: Other British | – | – | 51,407 | 11.4% | 56,132 | 11.7% | 69,829 | 13.6% | |
White: Irish | 5,518 | 1.31% | 6,470 | 1.4% | 8,603 | 1.8% | 10,326 | 2.0% | |
White: Gypsy/Traveller[7] | – | – | – | – | 388 | – | 256 | – | |
White: Polish | – | – | – | – | 12,820 | 2.68% | 16,351 | 3.18% | |
White: Other | – | – | 18,439 | 4.1% | 24,237 | 5.1% | 41,449 | 8.1% | |
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Total | 6,979 | 1.66% | 11,600 | 2.5% | 26,264 | 5.5% | 44,070 | 8.6% | |
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Indian | 1,176 | 0.28% | 2,384 | 0.53% | 6,470 | 1.35% | 12,414 | 2.41% | |
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Pakistani | 2,625 | 0.62% | 3,928 | 0.87% | 5,858 | 1.22% | 7,454 | 1.45% | |
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Bangladeshi | 328 | – | 636 | 0.14% | 1,277 | 0.26% | 2,685 | 0.52% | |
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Chinese | 1,940 | 0.46% | 3,532 | 0.78% | 8,076 | 1.69% | 15,076 | 2.93% | |
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Asian Other | 910 | 0.21% | 1,201 | 0.26% | 4,583 | 0.96% | 6,441 | 1.25% | |
Black, Black Scottish or Black British[8] | 1,171 | 0.3% | 1,577 | 0.3% | 5,505 | 1.2% | 10,881 | 2.1% | |
African Total | 603 | - | 1,285 | 0.2% | 4,474 | 0.9% | 9,462 | 1.84% | |
African: African, African Scottish or African British | 603 | – | 1,285 | 0.2% | 4,364 | 0.91% | 809 | 0.16% | |
African: Other African | – | – | – | – | 110 | – | 8,653 | 1.68% | |
Caribbean or Black: Total | 568 | – | 292 | – | 1,031 | 0.2% | 1,419 | 0.3% | |
Caribbean | 175 | – | 292 | – | 505 | 0.1% | 477 | 0.1% | |
Black | – | – | – | – | 403 | – | 80 | – | |
Caribbean or Black: Other | 393 | – | – | – | 123 | – | 862 | 0.17% | |
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups Total | – | – | 2,776 | 0.6% | 4,087 | 0.8% | 12,882 | 2.5% | |
Other: Total | 1,720 | 0.41% | 2,047 | 0.45% | 3,603 | 0.8% | 9,966 | 1.9% | |
Other: Arab | – | – | – | – | 2,500 | 0.52% | 4,119 | 0.8% | |
Other: Any other ethnic group | 1,720 | 0.41% | 2,047 | 0.45% | 1,103 | 0.23% | 5,849 | 1.14% | |
Total: | 418,914 | 100% | 448,624 | 100% | 476,626 | 100% | 514,543 | 100% |
The proportion of people residing in Edinburgh born outside the UK was 23.5% in 2022, compared with 15.9% in 2011 and 8.3% in 2001. Below are the largest overseas-born groups in Edinburgh according to the 2022 census, alongside the two previous censuses.
Place of birth | 2022[9] | 2011[10] | 2001[11] |
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Poland | 13,842 | 11,651 | 416 |
India | 9,445 | 4,888 | 1,733 |
8,229 | 4,188 | 978 | |
United States | 6,539 | 3,715 | 2,184 |
Italy | 4,885 | 1,716 | 1,257 |
Spain | 4,837 | 2,011 | 1,058 |
Ireland | 4,774 | 4,743 | 3,324 |
Germany | 3,843 | 3,526 | 2,760 |
Hong Kong | 3,556 | 1,622 | 1,416 |
Pakistan | 3,220 | 2,472 | 1,663 |
Nigeria | 2,978 | 1,186 | 231 |
France | 2,973 | 2,039 | 1,412 |
South Africa | 2,464 | 1,824 | 1,331 |
Greece | 2,377 | 992 | 575 |
Australia | 2,189 | 2,086 | 2,012 |
Canada | 2,079 | 1,760 | 1,332 |
Overall – all overseas-born | 120,978 | 75,698 | 37,420 |
The following table shows the religion of respondents in the 2001, 2011 and 2022 censuses in Edinburgh.
Current religion | 2001[12] | 2011[13] | 2022 | ||||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
Christianity | 245,876 | 54.81% | 206,565 | 43.34% | 154,899 | 30.10% | |
–Church of Scotland | 158,305 | 35.29% | 115,634 | 24.26% | 69,356 | 13.48% | |
–Roman Catholic | 48,712 | 10.86% | 57,868 | 12.14% | 51,950 | 10.10% | |
–Other Christian | 38,859 | 8.66% | 33,063 | 6.94% | 33,593 | 6.53% | |
Islam | 6,759 | 1.51% | 12,434 | 2.61% | 18,034 | 3.50% | |
Hinduism | 1,209 | 0.27% | 3,996 | 0.84% | 8,459 | 1.64% | |
Buddhism | 1,193 | 0.27% | 2,380 | 0.50% | 2,796 | 0.54% | |
Sikhism | 792 | 0.18% | 1,110 | 0.23% | 1,395 | 0.27% | |
Judaism | 774 | 0.17% | 855 | 0.18% | 1,270 | 0.25% | |
Paganism | 2,055 | 0.40% | |||||
Other religion | 5,696 | 1.27% | 1,864 | 0.39% | 1,629 | 0.32% | |
No religion | 163,930 | 36.54% | 213,651 | 44.83% | 289,944 | 56.35% | |
Religion not stated | 22,395 | 4.99% | 33,771 | 7.09% | 34,061 | 6.62% | |
No religion/Not stated total | 186,325 | 41.53% | 247,422 | 51.91% | 324,005 | 62.97% | |
Total population | 448,624 | 100.00% | 476,626 | 100.00% | 514,543 | 100.00% |
The 2022 census found that of the 514,543 people residing in Edinburgh, 47.9% identified with the Scottish identity only, 16.6% identified with the British identity only and 8.9% identified with both identities. 5.0% identified with other UK identities (including English identity), 16.5% identified with an other identity only and the final 0.9% identified with at least one UK identity and an other identity.[14]
City of Edinburgh: Council Area Profile, National Records of Scotland